Legal Opinion
Caldwell v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 6, 1975No. 749, September Term, 1974PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
James Caldwell, appellant, was tried and convicted by the Circuit Court for Caroline County, at a court trial, of unlawfully making use of telephone facilities for repeated calls, with intent to annoy, abuse, torment, harass or embarrass one Geraldine Breeding. Md. Code, Art. 27, § 555A. We reverse the conviction due to the insufficiency of the evidence to show a specific intent to annoy as required by the statute.
I FACTS
At approximately 10 a.m. on January 16, 1974, the complaining witness, Geraldine Breeding, received a telephone call at her place of employment, the Caroline Nursing Home.…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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